2015 Speedway Grand Prix

Speedway world championship event June 2024 June 2024 x 2015 18 April — 24 October 24 12 15 1 2 276 12 GBR Tai Woffinden USA Greg Hancock DEN Nicki Pedersen The 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 70th edition of the official World Championshiphttps://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 and the 21st season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the fifteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. Greg Hancock was the defending champion from 2014. Tai Woffinden won the world title, with Hancock second and Nicki Pedersen third. It was Woffinden's second title having also won in 2013. Qualification For the 2015 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves. The top eight riders from the 2014 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. Since the winner of the Grand Prix Challenge, Matej Žagar, had already qualified following his fifth position in the 2014 championship, fourth-placed Maciej Janowski qualified. The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2014 season. Qualified riders # Riders 2014 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series45 USA Greg Hancock 1 — 21st 1995–2014507 POL Krzysztof Kasprzak 2 — 4th 2004–2007, 2008, 2012, 2013–20143 DEN Nicki Pedersen 3 15th 2000, 2001–2014108 GBR Tai Woffinden 4 — 4th 2010, 2011, 2013–201455 SLO Matej Žagar 5 1 5th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2014100 SWE Andreas Jonsson 6 — 14th 2001, 2002–201423 AUS Chris Holder 7 — 6th 2010–201433 POL Jarosław Hampel 8 10th 2000–2002, 2004–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–201475 AUS Troy Batchelor 9 — 2nd 2013, 201488 DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 11 — 5th 2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–201469 AUS Jason Doyle — 2 1st 37 GBR Chris Harris 15 3 9th 2003, 2007–201471 POL Maciej Janowski — 4 1st 2008, 2012, 201430 SWE Thomas H. Jonasson 21 5 1st 2010–2012, 201452 DEN Michael Jepsen Jensen 16 1st 2012–2014 Qualified substitutes The following riders were nominated as a substitutes: # Riders 2014 place GP Ch place19 DEN (19) Peter Kildemand 17 820 POL (20) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 21 SWE (21) Linus Sundström 11 Calendar The 2015 season consisted of 12 events, just like 2014, although the first Grand Prix was cut short after 12 heats, and the Latvian Grand Prix was awarded after 20 heats. 2015 POL 1 18 April Stadion Narodowy Warsaw SVN Matej Žagar GBR Chris Harris POL Jarosław Hampel DEN Niels-Kristian Iversen 2015 FIN 2 16 May Tampere Stadium Tampere DEN Nicki Pedersen GBR Tai Woffinden SWE Andreas Jonsson POL Jarosław Hampel 2015 CZE 3 23 May Markéta Stadium Prague GBR Tai Woffinden POL Jarosław Hampel POL Maciej Janowski DEN Nicki Pedersen 2015 GBR 4 4 July Millennium Stadium Cardiff DEN Niels-Kristian Iversen AUS Chris Holder DEN Peter Kildemand GBR Tai Woffinden 2015 LAT 5 18 July Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs Daugavpils POL Maciej Janowski DEN Nicki Pedersen AUS Troy Batchelor AUS Chris Holder 2015 SWE 6 25 July G&B Stadium Målilla DEN Nicki Pedersen GBR Tai Woffinden SWE Antonio Lindbäck SVN Matej Žagar 2015 DEN 7 8 August CASA Arena Horsens DEN Peter Kildemand SVN Matej Žagar DEN Michael Jepsen Jensen GBR Tai Woffinden 2015 PL2 8 29 August Edward Jancarz Stadium Gorzów SVN Matej Žagar USA Greg Hancock GBR Tai Woffinden POL Bartosz Zmarzlik 2015 SVN 9 12 September Matija Gubec Stadium Krško USA Greg Hancock GBR Tai Woffinden DEN Peter Kildemand DEN Nicki Pedersen 2015 SCA 10 26 September Friends Arena Stockholm GBR Tai Woffinden USA Greg Hancock DEN Niels-Kristian Iversen POL Maciej Janowski 2015 PL3 11 3 October Rose Motoarena Toruń DEN Nicki Pedersen AUS Jason Doyle POL Maciej Janowski DEN Niels-Kristian Iversen 2015 AUS 12 24 October Etihad Stadium Melbourne USA Greg Hancock DEN Niels-Kristian Iversen POL Maciej Janowski AUS Jason Doyle Classification http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?33 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230114818/http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?33 usurped 30 December 2014 2015 FIM Speedway World Championship standings SGP 2015 POL FIN CZE GBR LAT SWE DEN PL2 SVN SCA PL3 AUS Q P1 GBR 108 Tai Woffinden (C) f 5 b 17 a 18 d 15 e 8 b 17 d 11 c 18 b 18 a 16 f 8 e 12 Q P2 USA 45 Greg Hancock f 5 e 9 e 13 e 12 e 10 e 9 f 7 b 17 a 20 b 16 e 8 a 21 Q P3 DEN 3 Nicki Pedersen f 3 a 16 d 15 e 9 b 11 a 17 e 7 f 7 d 13 f 7 a 19 f 7 Q 4 DEN 88 Niels-Kristian Iversen f 7 f 6 e 8 a 14 f 8 e 10 f 7 e 10 e 11 c 14 d 10 b 15 Q 5 AUS 69 Jason Doyle f 4 e 11 f 7 f 7 e 8 e 11 e 12 f 6 e 11 e 8 b 18 d 11 Q 6 SLO 55 Matej Žagar a 8 f 7 e 9 e 10 f 6 d 13 b 12 a 16 f 8 f 4 f 7 f 7 Q 7 POL 71 Maciej Janowski f 3 f 2 c 18 f 3 a 12 f 8 e 12 f 5 f 9 d 12 c 11 c 11 Q 8 AUS 23 Chris Holder f 0 f 7 f 6 b 18 d 10 e 10 e 10 e 8 e 9 f 4 e 11 f 2 R 9 DEN 19 Peter Kildemand x x x c 12 e 8 f 3 a 14 e 9 c 13 e 9 e 11 e 13 P 10 SWE 100 Andreas Jonsson f 3 c 12 e 9 f 2 f 7 f 5 f 7 f 6 f 4 e 10 e 11 e 12 P 11 DEN 52 Michael Jepsen Jensen f 5 e 10 f 4 e 8 e 7 f 7 c 13 e 10 f 2 f 6 f 5 f 7 P 12 AUS 75 Troy Batchelor f 0 f 7 f 6 f 4 c 11 f 2 f 6 f 4 e 9 f 5 f 3 f 2 P 13 GBR 37 Chris Harris b 7 f 6 f 5 f 5 f 4 f 5 f 2 f 5 f 4 e 9 f 3 f 0 P 13 SWE 30 Thomas H. Jonasson f 4 f 4 f 1 f 7 f 7 f 7 f 7 f 1 f 2 f 6 f 5 f 4 P 15 POL 507 Krzysztof Kasprzak f 3 e 10 f 4 f 4 f 0 f 0 f 4 f 1 f 3 f 6 f 1 e 9 P 16 POL 33 Jarosław Hampel c 7 d 11 b 13 x x x x x x x x x R 17 SWE 16 Antonio Lindbäck x x x x x c 14 x x x f 6 x x R 18 POL 17,16 Bartosz Zmarzlik f 3 x x x x x x d 14 x x x x R 19 POL 18,17 Piotr Pawlicki Jr. f 1 x x x x x x x x x f 7 x R 20 GBR 16 Craig Cook x x x f 7 x x x x x x x x R 21 DEN 16 Mikkel Michelsen x x x x x x f 6 x x x x x R 22 AUS 16 Sam Masters x x x x x x x x x x x f 5 R 23 POL 16 Tomasz Gollob f 4 x x x x x x x x x x x R 24 FIN 16 Timo Lahti x f 3 x x x x x x x x x x R 24 LAT 16 Kjasts Puodžuks x x x x f 3 x x x x x x x R 26 CZE 16 Vaclav Milik x x f 2 x x x x x x x x x R 27 GBR 18 Robert Lambert x x x f 1 x x x x x x x x R 27 POL 17 Adrian Cyfer x x x x x x x f 1 x x x x R 27 SLO 16 Aleksander Conda x x x x x x x x f 1 x x x R 27 SLO 17 Denis Stojs x x x x x x x x f 1 x x x R 31 FIN 17 Nike Lunna x f 0 x x x x x x x x x x R 31 FIN 18 Jiri Nieminen x f 0 x x x x x x x x x x R 31 CZE 17 Matěj Kůs x x f 0 x x x x x x x x x R 31 CZE 18 Josef Franc x x f 0 x x x x x x x x x R 31 GBR 17 Jason Garrity x x x f 0 x x x x x x x x The first Grand Prix was awarded after 12 heats because the riders deemed the track to be unsafe to race. The win went to Matej Žagar, with second place going to Chris Harris and third to Jarosław Hampel. The fifth Grand Prix was awarded after 20 heats due to a waterlogged track. The win went to Maciej Jankowski, with second place going to Nicki Pedersen and third to Troy Batchelor. In the twelfth Grand Prix, Australian Jason Doyle was injured in the final and was unable to partake in the rerun. See also 2015 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship 2016 Speedway Grand Prix References External links SpeedwayGP.com – Speedway World Championships 2015 Grand Prix